A group of swans flew down to a beach where a...

A group of swans（天鹅）flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e, c, d, a, b         B. a, e, c, d, b          C. c, e, a, d, b         D. e, a, d, c, b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.             B. Angry.          C. Frightened.        D. Regretful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.　　　　　　　　　

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. The crow didn’t know flying.　　　　　　　　

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

5.What does the story tell us?

A. No pains, no gains.                B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Pride goes before a fall.            D. Practice makes perfect.

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A group of swans (天鹅) flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around . The crow watched them with disdain (鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all ! ” he said to the swans. “ All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air ? No , that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying compitition. I’ll show you what real flying is ! ”

One of the swans , a strong young male , took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up , and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him , making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended ( 假装) not to notice , and said, “ Why do you keep touching the water , brother ? Is that another trick ?”

“ No ,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “ I’m in trouble because of my pride ! If you don’t help me , I’ll lose my life… “

The swan took pity on him , and took him on his shoulders (肩膀) and flew back to the beach.

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1. What’s the correct order of the following events ?

a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

b.The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.

d.The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A. a , d , b , c　　　 B. a , b , d , c ,

C. d , a , c , b ,　　 D. d , c , a , b

2.Who has better skills according to the crow ?

A. The swan.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The crow.

C. Both the swan and the crow.　　 D. He didn’t know.

3.What does the underlined word “exhausted “ in Paragraph 4 mean ?

A. Bored.　　　　 B. nervous.

C. Tired .　　　　 D. Frightened.

4. Which of the following is right according to the text ?

A. A group of crows met a swan on a beach.

B. The crow could fly as well as the swan.

C.The swan wasn’t afraid of the challenge.

D. The swan flew away and the crow died.

5.What can we learn from the passage ?

A. No pains , no gains.　　　　　　　　 B. Pride goes before a fall.

C. The early bird catches the worm. D. Practice makes perfect.

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A group of swans(天鹅) flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around . The crow(乌鸦) watched them with disdain (鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No， that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is! ”

One of the swans， a strong young male， took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles， performed other flying tricks， and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up， and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him， making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air， and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice， and said， “Why do you keep touching the water， brother? Is that another trick?”“ No，” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me， I’ll lose my life… “

The swan took pity on him， and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1. What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

b.The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.

d.The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A. a ， d ， b ， c　　　　 B. a ， b ， d ， c

C. d ， a ， c ， b　　　　 D. d ， c ， a ， b

2. Who has better skills according to the passage?

A. The swan.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The crow.

C. Both the swan and the crow.　　 D. He didn’t know.

3.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Bored.　　　　 B. Nervous.　　　　 C. Tired.　　　　　 D. Frightened.

4.Which of the following is right according to the text?

A. A group of crows met a swan on a beach.　

B. The crow could fly as well as the swan.

C. The swan wasn’t afraid of the challenge.　

D. The swan flew away and the crow died.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. No pains， no gains.　

B. Pride goes before a fall.

C. The early bird catches the worm.　

D. Practice makes perfect.

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A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans.

“All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition.

“I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a.The crow showed off its flying skills.

b.The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c.The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d.The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e.The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e, c, d, a, b　　 B. a, e, c, d, b　　 C. c, e, a, d, b　　 D. e, a, d, c, b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.　　 B. Angry.　　 C. Frightened.　　 D. Regretful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. The crow didn’t know flying.

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

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A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan. Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e, c, d, a, b         B. a, e, c, d, b

C. c, e, a, d, b         D. e, a, d, c, b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.             B. Angry.

C. Frightened.        D. Regretful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. The crow didn’t know flying.

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

5.What does the story tell us?

A. Pride goes before a fall

B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. No pains, no gains.             　　　　

D. Practice makes perfect.

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A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around.The crow watched them with disdain (鄙视)．

“You have no flying skills at all！” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No，that's beyond you. Let's have a flying competition. I'll show you what real flying is！”

One of the swans，a strong young male，took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles，performed other flying tricks，and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan's turn. He flew up，and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him，making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn't see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air，and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended (假装) not to notice，and said，“Why do you keep touching the water，brother? Is that another trick？”

“No，” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition.“I'm in trouble because of my pride! If you don't help me，I'll lose my life...”

The swan took pity on him，and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What's the correct order of the following events?

a．The crow showed off his flying skills.

b．The swan felt pity for the crow and saved him.

c．The crow laughed at the swan's flying.

d．The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e．The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A.e，c，d，a，b B.a，e，c，d，b

C.c，e，a，d，b D.e，a，d，c，b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Tired. B.Angry.

C.Frightened. D.Regretful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A.Because he was showing another flying skill.

B.Because it was difficult for him to stay in the air.

C.Because he was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D.Because he was enjoying himself by doing so.

4.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A.The crow didn't know flying.

B.Flying skills were useless.

C.The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D.The swan was better at long­distance flying than the crow.

5.What does the story tell us?

A.No pains，no gains.

B.The early bird catches the worm.

C.Pride goes before a fall.

D.Practice makes perfect.

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A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e, c, d, a, b             B. a, e, c, d, b              C. c, e, a, d, b           D. e, a, d, c, b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.                     B. Angry.            C. Frightened.          D. Regretful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. The crow didn’t know flying.

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

5.What does the story tell us?

A. No pains, no gains.                            B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Pride goes before a fall.                  D. Practice makes perfect.

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A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e, c, d, a, b         B. a, e, c, d, b          C. c, e, a, d, b         D. e, a, d, c, b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.             B. Angry.          C. Frightened.        D. joyful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.　　　　　　　　　

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. The crow didn’t know flying.　　　　　　　　

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

5.What does the story tell us?

A. No pains, no gains.                B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Pride goes before a fall.            D. Practice makes perfect.

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A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, you can’t. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, strong and young, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He showed flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to try to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended (假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because I am proud! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.　　 B. Excited.　　 C. Scared.　 D. Amazed.

2.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A. Flying skills were useless.

B. The crow didn’t have a gift for flying.

C. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

D. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

3.What does the story tell us?

A. No pains, no gains.

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. Being proud makes you fail.

D. The early bird catches the worm.

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A group of swans（天鹅）flew down to a beach where a crow（公鸡） was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” He said to the swans, “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, accepted the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle(努力)to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water，brother？

Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition, “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.The underline word “ exhausted” in paragraph 4 means _____________.

A.tired B.angry C.frightened D.regretful

2.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A.Because he was showing another flying skill.

B.Because he was struggling to keep himself from falling into water.

C.Because he was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D.Because he was enjoying himself by doing so.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A.The crow didn’t know flying.

B.Flying skills were useless.

C.The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D.The swan was better at long distance flying than the crow.

4.What does the story tell us？

A.No pains, no gains. B.The early bird catches the worm.

C.Pride goes before a fall. D.Practice makes perfect.

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